Home > Academic Courses and Programs > Spring Break Seminars > Youth, Risk, and Resilience
CSC 23090 / PSY 23090
Immersion Dates: Friday, March 09– Saturday, March 17, 2012
Location: New York City
Size: 12 students
Cost: $290
Application Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EST, Thursday, January 19, 2012
Applications are now closed.
Placements will be published at https://www.nd.edu/~csc/application/documents/CSC_Seminars_SP12.pdf .
You will be notified by email when placements have been uploaded.
*Only those students who are in good academic standing with the University are eligible for participation. By submitting the application, you confirm that you are in good academic standing with the University.
Program Director: Professor Jay Brandenberger
Seminar Assistant: Debbie Blasko
Course Instructors:
Course Overview
Please Note: This course involves community based learning, but is not a service learning course. While the opportunity for brief service may be available, the primary emphasis during immersion will be to learn from individuals that work with at risk youth or those who work to address relevant issues facing at risk youth living in poverty.
The Youth, Risk, and Resiliency Seminar is a unique opportunity for student participants to examine important issues concerning children and youth challenged by urban poverty in the United States. The seminar will focus in particular on early intervention and prevention achieved through both public policy and community outreach. Participants will begin their exploration during orientation sessions, where the current state of urban, at-risk youth will be examined from multiple perspectives and within different domains (e.g., topic include violence, healthcare, mental health, welfare, homelessness, food insecurity, etc.). The issues discussed during the orientation sessions will prepare students for visits with various organizations in New York City who deal with these issues on a daily basis.
During a week of immersion in New York City, participants will learn from individuals and community-based organizations. Visits with both youth and program administrators will enable participants to experience first-hand the realities of growing up in urban, low-income communities. In addition, the learning opportunities uniquely presented by New York City will be jointly utilized to enhance the experience. Each night, participants will have the opportunity to reflect upon their experiences through daily facilitated discussions centered around local youth organizations and solution-centered outcomes to the problems concerning at-risk youth. Participants are encouraged to examine a particular interest or topic related to at-risk youth and poverty and to examine this issue throughout the various organizations.
Upon return to Notre Dame/South Bend, follow-up meetings will be conducted to integrate participants' experiences during the immersion with the overarching course themes.
